And even less!
During your stay in Nice you may buy the “Lignes d’Azur” tickets. There is a vending machine at each tram station (payment by credit card). These tickets are valid for all Lignes d’Azur buses as well as the 3 tram lines. A one-way ticket for the tram or bus costs 1,70€ + 2€ for the plastic card that you can reload during your stay. If there are many of you travelling and you are staying in Nice for several days, you may already load as many trips as you need on the plastic card (the more you buy, the cheaper is the one way trip).
-> Caution: You have to scan the plastic card every time you get on the bus or tram (even for correspondences) and for the number of people you are travelling with, ex: if you are 5 people you have to validaute the ticket 5 times.
If you stay 1 week in Nice it would be better to buy the « Pass 7 jours » available at all tram stations. It costs 15€ each and allows unlimited journeys by bus and tram over 7 consecutive days. You can use these tickets for all destinations operated by Lignes d’Azur buses and trams.
Obviously the bus trips take time but you are not in a hurry during your holidays, are you? You can go to many places by bus departing from the city center of Nice or from the connection points close to the airport. You avoid the exhausting search for a parking space and the parking charges. Meet locals on the bus and think of the environment!
-> Advice: To get on the bus please give a sign to the bus driver, local buses don’t stop automatically!
Here are some ideas, all timetables on https://www.lignesdazur.com/horaires:
- Parc Phoenix in Nice: tram L2 from Port Lympia to Airport/CADAM -> stop: Parc Phoenix
- Villefranche sur Mer: bus n° 15 from Promenade des Arts to Port St. Jean Cap Ferrat -> stop: Octroi
- Villa Rothschild at Cap Ferrat: bus n° 15 from Lycée Masséna to Port St. Jean Cap Ferrat -> stop: Passable/Rothschild
- St. Jean Cap Ferrat: bus n° 15 from Lycée Masséna to Port St. Jean Cap Ferrat -> stop: Port St. Jean Cap Ferrat (terminus)
- Villa Kerylos in Beaulieu sur Mer: bus n° 15 from Lycée Masséna to Port St. Jean Cap Ferrat -> stop: Kerylos
- Eze Village: bus n° 82 from Vauban (bus station) to Plateau de la Justice -> stop: Eze Village
- Plateau de la Justice above Eze Village: bus n° 82 from Vauban (bus station) to Plateau de la Justice -> stop: Plateau de la Justice
- Tourrette-Levens: bus n° 19 from Vauban (bus station) to St. André/Tourrette-Levens/Levens -> stop: Village (of Tourrette-Levens)
- St. Jeannet: bus n° 54 from Grand Arénas (tram L2 and L3) to St. Jeannet -> stop: St. Jeannet (terminus)
- Vence: bus n° 9 from Parc Phoenix (tram L2) to Halte Routière d’Ara Vence -> stop: Halte Routière d’Ara Vence (terminus)
You can also spend a day in the mountains, between 1h30 and 2h from Nice. Discover the different valleys in the hinterland of Nice, go for hiking or for skiing in winter (it’s recommended to book the bus in advance in winter) – one-way trip 10€, return ticket 14€.
- The Vésubie valley: bus n° 90 from Grand Arénas (tram L2 and L3) to St. Martin-Vésubie or Valdeblore -> stop: St. Martin-Vésubie or La Bolline (terminus)
- The Tinée valley: bus n° 91 from Grand Arénas (tram L2 and L3) to Isola, St. Etienne-de-Tinée or Auron -> stop: Village (Isola), St. Etienne-de-Tinée or Auron (terminus)
- Only in winter from December onwards: bus n° 92 from Grand Arénas (tram L2 and L3) to Isola 2000 -> stop: Isola 2000 (terminus)
This is one of the buses operating in Nice https://www.lignesdazur.com/
These destinations are operated by https://zou.maregionsud.fr/ you pay 2,10€ directly to the bus driver (less expensive per person if you travel as a mini group):
- Villefranche sur Mer: bus n° 607 from Square de Normandie to Monaco -> stop: Octroi
- Beaulieu sur Mer: bus n° 607 from Square de Normandie to Monaco -> stop: Baie des Fourmis or Kérylos
- Eze Village: bus n° 112 (LR112 on web site) from Vauban (bus station) to Monaco/Monte Carlo – stop: Village – Eze
- Monaco/Monte Carlo: bus n° 607 from Square de Normandie to Monaco -> stop: Place d’Armes or Monte Carlo Casino or bus n° 602 from Vauban (bus station) to Monaco/Monte Carlo -> stop: Jardin Exotique or Monte Carlo Casino
- Menton: no direct bus from Nice to Menton anymore -> bus n° 608 from Place d’Armes in Monaco to Gare Routière Menton -> stop: Casino (of Menton)
- La Turbie: bus n° 603 from Vauban (bus station) to Peille Village -> stop: Mairie (of La Turbie)
- Peille Village: bus n° 603 from Vauban (bus station) to Peille Village -> stop: Village – Peille (terminus)
For destinations such as Antibes, Juan les Pins and Cannes please take the train (TER) as the bus n° 620 takes too long!
The villages of Biot, Villeneuve-Loubet and Haut de Cagnes are very picturesque and really worth a visit even though you have to take the train (TER) + local bus: To get on the bus please give a sign to the bus driver, local buses don’t stop automatically!
Biot: train (TER) to train station SNCF Biot, then bus n° 10 from SNCF Biot to Biot village (10min), details on https://www.envibus.fr/le-reseau/ligne/ligne-10
Villeneuve Loubet village: train (TER) to train station SNCF Villeneuve-Loubet, then bus n° 23 from SNCF Villeneuve-Loubet to Place de Gaulle (10min), details on https://www.envibus.fr/le-reseau/ligne/ligne-23
Haut de Cagnes: bus n° 9 from Parc Phoenix (tram L2) in Nice to Square Bourdet in Cagnes sur Mer, then free shuttle bus n° 44 from Square Bourdet to Château Vieux Bourg, details on https://www.lignesdazur.com/horaires-ligne/32
